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O God, Do Not Forsake Me

^1 (C1)In You, O Yahweh, I have taken refuge;
Let me never be ashamed.

^2 (C1)In Your righteousness deliver me and protect me;
^(C2)Incline Your ear to me and save me.

^3 (C1)Be to me a rock of ^(C2)habitation to which I may continually come;
You have given the ^(C3)command to save me,
For You are ^(C4)my ^(F1)rock and my fortress.

^4 (C1)Protect me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked,
Out of the ^(F1)grasp of the unrighteous and ruthless man,

⁵ For You are my ^(C1)hope;
O Lord Yahweh, You are my ^(C2)trust from my youth.

^6 (F1)By You I have been ^(C1)sustained from my birth;
You are He who ^(C2)took me from my mother's womb;
My ^(C3)praise is continually ^(F2)of You.

⁷ I have become a ^(C1)marvel to many,
For You are ^(C2)my strong refuge.

⁸ My ^(C1)mouth is filled with Your praise
And with ^(C2)Your beauty all day long.

⁹ Do not cast me off in the ^(C1)time of old age;
Do not forsake me when my strength fails.

¹⁰ For my enemies have spoken ^(F1)against me;
And those who ^(C1)watch my ^(F2)life ^(C2)have counseled together,

¹¹ Saying, "^(C1)God has forsaken him;
Pursue and seize him, for there is ^(C2)no one to deliver."

¹² O God, ^(C1)do not be far from me;
O my God, ^(C2)hasten to my help!

¹³ Let those who accuse my soul be ^(C1)ashamed and consumed;
Let them be ^(C2)wrapped up with reproach and dishonor, who ^(C3)seek ^(F1)to do me evil.

¹⁴ But as for me, I will ^(C1)wait continually,
And will ^(F1)(C2)praise You yet more and more.

¹⁵ My ^(C1)mouth shall recount Your righteousness
And ^(C2)Your salvation all day long;
For I ^(C3)do not know the ^(F1)sum of them.

¹⁶ I will come ^(C1)with the mighty deeds of Lord Yahweh;
I will ^(C2)bring to remembrance Your righteousness, Yours alone.

¹⁷ O God, You ^(C1)have taught me from my youth,
And I still ^(C2)declare Your wondrous deeds.

¹⁸ And even when I am ^(C1)old and gray, O God, do not forsake me,
Until I ^(C2)declare Your ^(F1)strength to this generation,
Your might to all who are to come.

^19 (F1)For Your ^(C1)righteousness, O God, reaches to the ^(F2)heavens,
You who have ^(C2)done great things;
O God, ^(C3)who is like You?

²⁰ You, who have ^(C1)shown ^(F1)me many troubles and ^(F2)evils,
Will ^(C2)revive ^(F1)me again,
And will bring ^(F1)me up again ^(C3)from the depths of the earth.

²¹ May You increase my ^(C1)greatness
And turn to ^(C2)comfort me.

²² I will also praise You with ^(F1)(C1)a harp,
Even Your ^(F2)truth, O my God;
To You I will sing praises with the ^(C2)lyre,
O ^(C3)Holy One of Israel.

²³ My lips will ^(C1)sing for joy when I sing praises to You;
And my ^(C2)soul, which You have redeemed.

²⁴ My ^(C1)tongue also will utter Your righteousness all day long;
For they are ^(C2)ashamed, for they are humiliated who seek ^(F1)to do me evil.